On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 19:12 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > Hey, be nice! First off, remember Gary Kildall's company was Digital > Research, Inc.--NOT Digital Equipment Corp. (at the time chaired by > Ken Olson). > > I worked for DRI on CP/M and MP/M. There were some nomenclature and UI > similarities between DEC's RT-11 or RSTS and CP/M, but they were NOT the > same company--not by a long shot. They were even on different coasts! > > IBM went with Microsoft because they arrived for a meeting with Gary, > but he was out flying his airplane and missed it. IBM got ticked off > and called Microsoft. We've never been sure if IBM was a day early > (as Gary always claimed) or Gary screwed up his calendar. Either one is > as likely as the other (IBM can be petulant and Gary could be very > scatterbrained at times). ---- my memory of things ain't what it used to be but I vaguely remember that Kildall was off hang gliding and not flying an airplane. Craig
